Bharatiya Janata Party, Jammu & Kashmir
Dr. Shyama Prasad Mookherjee Bhawan, Trikuta Nagar, Jammu-180012
Dated : 12-10-2019
Respected Sh Nitin Gadkari ji
Namasker.
I take this opportunity to convey sincere gratitude & thanks on behalf of the people of the state, our party workers & myself for the epochal work done by your ministry in bringing tremendous improvement in the roads of our state. Roads are main-stay of our people for moving from one place to another and are critical for the state economic development and progress. This also enables a huge number of tourists/yatris to visit the state & on which the state economy depends.
I must also bring to the kind notice of your goodself ill thought out decision of the local officers of NHAI in respect of establishment of toll plazas in Jammu region. There is one toll plaza functioning at Ban on Jammu Udhampur route and recently another toll plaza has been established and made functional at Sarore at Jammu Kathua route while another toll plaza on the same route established at Hira Nagar/ Rajbag is being made shortly functional. The distance between these toll Plazas is in violation in the prescribed distance limit. They are at a far shorter distance than permissible. Further the plaza at Sarore in Jammu Kathua road is very badly designed. This plaza has been causing great traffic jam resulting inconvenience to the public and it takes all most two hours for vehicles to cross it. This has killed very purpose of widening and improving this entire road. On top of it the contractor behaves very roughly and intimidatingly with the public.
The net result is that public get harassed due to these toll plaza which instead of acting as a facility to them acts as great hindrances’ and hardship. The Vashno Devi Yatries have to pass through three plaza at Rajbagh/ Hira Nagar, Sarore & at Ban with in the short distance of 120 Km. The people of the state are greatly agitated on this count and is giving us bad name.
Keeping in view the above factors it is requested that the entire plane of establishing the toll Plaza may please be all together scraped. This will ensure progress and economic development of the state which is totally dependent on tourism both pleasure and religious. This is also important at this juncture, keeping in view the present security & Political turbulence in the state for which I shall feel personally obliged.
Sd/-
Ravinder Raina
State President